“The State of War: Summer 1814, Part 1,” by Mason Winfield, in Buffalorising, 29 July, 2014 (online edition):
“…ile the War of 1812 was fought on many fronts on land and water, it was largely a hit-run, raid-and-hold type of conflict. There were a number of battles, of course, and a handful of sieges upon forts; but few long campaigns were even attempted, and very little of the land fighting was more than a short hike away from a navigable body of water. Neither side ever occupied much of the other's territory for long. The 1812 war's only theater of sustained fighting was here on the Niagara Frontier, which is why it ought to be so immediate to us. This was Buffalo's war…”